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    <ul><li><a href="#Introduction">Introduction</a></li><li><a href="#Configuring_Manager_Application_Access">Configuring Manager Application Access</a></li><li><a href="#Interface_Description">Interface Description</a></li><li><a href="#Message">Message</a></li><li><a href="#Host_Manager">Host Manager</a></li><li><a href="#Host_Name">Host Name</a></li><li><a href="#Add_Virtual_Host">Add Virtual Host</a></li><li><a href="#Persist_Configuration">Persist Configuration</a></li><li><a href="#Server_Information">Server Information</a></li></ul>
  </div><h3 id="Introduction">Introduction</h3><div class="text">
    <p>
      The <strong>Tomcat Host Manager</strong> application enables you to create,
      delete, and otherwise manage virtual hosts within Tomcat. This how-to guide
      is best accompanied by the following pieces of documentation:
    </p>
    <ul>
      <li>
        <a href="virtual-hosting-howto.html">Virtual Hosting How-To</a> for more
        information about virtual hosting.
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="config/host.html">The Host Container</a> for more information
        about the underlying xml configuration of virtual hosts and description
        of attributes.
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="host-manager-howto.html">Host Manager App -- Text Interface</a>
        for full description of the commands.
      </li>
    </ul>

    <p>
      The <strong>Tomcat Host Manager</strong> application is a part of
      Tomcat installation, by default available using the following
      context: <code>/host-manager</code>. You can use the host manager in the
      following ways:
    </p>

    <ul>
      <li>
        Utilizing the graphical user interface, accessible at:
        <code>{server}:{port}/host-manager/html</code>.
      </li>
      <li>
        Utilizing a set of minimal HTTP requests suitable for scripting.
        You can access this mode at:
        <code>{server}:{port}/host-manager/text</code>.
      </li>
    </ul>
    <p>
      Both ways enable you to add, remove, start, and stop virtual hosts.
      Changes may be presisted by using the <code>persist</code> command. This
      document focuses on the HTML interface. For further information about the
      graphical interface, see
      <a href="host-manager-howto.html">Host Manager App -- Text Interface</a>.
    </p>
  </div><h3 id="Configuring_Manager_Application_Access">Configuring Manager Application Access</h3><div class="text">
    <p><em>The description below uses <code>$CATALINA_HOME</code> to refer the
      base Tomcat directory. It is the directory in which you installed
      Tomcat, for example <code>C:\tomcat8</code>, or
      <code>/usr/share/tomcat8</code>.</em></p>

    <p>
      The Host Manager application requires a user with one of the following
      roles:
    </p>

    <ul>
      <li>
        <code>admin-gui</code> - use this role for the graphical web interface.
      </li>
      <li>
        <code>admin-script</code> - use this role for the scripting web interface.
      </li>
    </ul>

    <p>
      To enable access to the HTML interface of the Host Manager application,
      either grant your Tomcat user the appropriate role, or create a new one with
      the correct role. For example, open
      <code>${CATALINA_BASE}/conf/tomcat-users.xml</code> and enter the following:
    </p>
    <div class="codeBox"><pre><code>&lt;user username="test" password="chang3m3N#w" roles="admin-gui"/&gt;</code></pre></div>
    <p>
      No further settings is needed. When you now access
      <code>{server}:{port}/host-manager/html</code>,you are able to
      log in with the created credentials.
    </p>
    <p>
      Note that in case you retrieve your users using the
      <code>DataSourceRealm</code>, <code>JDBCRealm</code>, or
      <code>JNDIRealm</code> mechanism, add the appropriate role in the database
      or the directory server respectively.
    </p>
  </div><h3 id="Interface_Description">Interface Description</h3><div class="text">
    <p>The interface is divided into six sections:</p>
    <ul>
      <li><strong>Message</strong> - Displays success and failure messages.</li>
      <li><strong>Host Manager</strong> - Provides basic Host Manager operations
      , like list and help.</li>
      <li><strong>Host name</strong> - Provides a list of virtual Host Names and
      enables you to operate them. </li>
      <li><strong>Add Virtual Host</strong> - Enables you to add a new Virtual
      Host.</li>
      <li><strong>Persist configuration</strong> - Enables you to persist your
      current Virtual Hosts.</li>
      <li><strong>Server Information</strong> - Information about the Tomcat
          server.</li>
    </ul>
  </div><h3 id="Message">Message</h3><div class="text">

  <p>
  Displays information about the success or failure of the last Host Manager
  command you performed:
  </p>
  <ul>
    <li>Success: <strong>OK</strong> is displayed
    and may be followed by a success message.</li>
    <li>Failure: <strong>FAIL</strong>
    is displayed followed by an error message.</li>
  </ul>
  <p>
    Note that the console of your Tomcat server may reveal more information
    about each command.
  </p>
  </div><h3 id="Host_Manager">Host Manager</h3><div class="text">

  <p>The Host Manager section enables you to:</p>
  <ul>
    <li><strong>List Virtual Hosts</strong> - Refresh a list of
    currently-configured virtual hosts.</li>
    <li><strong>HTML Host Manager Help</strong> - A documentation link.</li>
    <li><strong>Host Manager Help</strong> - A documentation link.</li>
    <li><strong>Server Status</strong> - A link to the <strong>Manager</strong>
    application. Note that you user must have sufficient permissions to access
    the application.</li>
  </ul>
  </div><h3 id="Host_Name">Host Name</h3><div class="text">

  <p>The Host name section contains a list of currently-configured virtual host
    names. It enables you to:</p>
  <ul>
    <li>View the host names</li>
    <li>View the host name aliases</li>
    <li>Perform basic commands, that is <strong>start</strong>,
    <strong>stop</strong>, and <strong>remove</strong>.</li>
  </ul>
  </div><h3 id="Add_Virtual_Host">Add Virtual Host</h3><div class="text">

  <p>The Add Virtual Host section enables you to add a virtual host using a
  graphical interface. For a description of each property, see the
  <a href="host-manager-howto.html">Host Manager App -- Text Interface</a>
  documentation. Note that any configuration added via this interface is
  non-persistent.</p>
  </div><h3 id="Persist_Configuration">Persist Configuration</h3><div class="text">

  <p>The Persist Configuration section enables you to persist your current
  configuration into the <i>server.xml</i> file.</p>

  <p> This functionality is disabled by default. To enable this option, you must
  configure the <code>StoreConfigLifecycleListener</code> listener first.
  To do so, add the following listener to your <i>server.xml</i>:</p>
  <div class="codeBox"><pre><code>&lt;Listener className="org.apache.catalina.storeconfig.StoreConfigLifecycleListener"/&gt;</code></pre></div>

  <p>After you configure the listener, click <strong>All</strong> to make your
  configuration persistent.</p>
  </div><h3 id="Server_Information">Server Information</h3><div class="text">
    <p>
      Provides a basic information about the currently-running Tomcat instance,
      the JVM, and the underlying operating system.
    </p>
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